Friday, November 9 – The University of Ottawa Heart Institute opens its doors to senators to showcase their new Cardiac Care Tower. Construction for the tower began in 2014 and was completed in April 2018. The expansion doubled the size of the current Heart Institute, adding 145,895 square feet of new space. The tower includes five state-of-the-art operating rooms, nine catheterization and electrophysiology labs and an additional surgical critical unit of 27 beds. From left to right: President and CEO of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Dr. Thierry Mesana, senators Mary Jane McCallum, Yvonne Boyer, Marie-Françoise Mégie, and Colin Deacon, and President and CEO of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute Foundation Jim Orban.

Tuesday, November 13 – Senator Yuen Pau Woo speaks with grades 10-12 law, psychology and social justice students at Burnaby Central Secondary School in Burnaby, British Columbia. Senator Woo spoke about the role of the Senate in Parliament and the work of senators during a SENgage student outreach event.

Wednesday, November 21 – Senators Marilou McPhedran, Ratna Omidvar and Lucie Moncion welcome McGill University Women in House participants to Parliament Hill. The group of McGill students listened to senators who shared their experiences of working on the Hill during a Women in House event. The yearly initiative invites female undergraduate students to shadow women parliamentarians and see their work firsthand.

Thursday, November 22 – Senator Marilou McPhedran meets with this year’s Sister-to-Sister participants from around the world. Senator McPhedran encouraged them to continue their fight for women’s human rights and reassured them that they have multiple allies in Canada’s Parliament.